Colorado
and Wyoming GP-7's #102, 103, 104
- among
4 diesel-electric locomotives purchased new by C&W in
1951 from Electromotive Division of General Motors.
We bought the three units from C&W in 2003. The
excellent C&W shops in Pueblo meticulously maintained
the locomotives and they are in excellent operating condition.
We use these locos for train rides and to reposition equipment.
When taken out of road service and transferred to the steel
mill, the "high hood" (long continuous front and reat hood)
was cut down in front for better visibility in yard service.
The 103 and 104 have been repainted in the original C&W
scheme using long-endurance polyurethane based paints.

Our GP-7's
utilize an EMD Model 567B 16 cylinder engine developing 1,500
horsepower. This drives a generator outputting about 600
volts DC which is transfered to transaction motors on the
two 4 wheel powered trucks. Our units are designed
for heavy hauling service and have a gear ratio of 65/12 which
limits the maximum speed to 55 MPH. Maximum continuous
tractive effort is 52,400 lbs. Fuel capacity is
800 gallons, lubricating oil 200 gallons and cooling water
is 220 gallons. Each unit is 55' - 11" long overall
and weighs approximately 240,000 lbs.

2,724 GP-7's were manufactured in all, only 16 are believed
to still exist, almost all in museums or displays.
It is unknown how many units are still operable such
as our three.

We
have repainted the 102
in the red, white and blue "bicentennial" scheme of 1975-76
used on #101. The 101 was renumbered #200 in celebration
of the 200th anniversary of our nation and was later sold
to a short-line in Kansas. It is now believed to have
been scrapped. We have duplicated this beautiful
paint scheme with unit 102.